Beaches Ready For Post Sandy Summer

Officials in Maryland and Delaware beach towns are hoping renovations, good publicity and activities pegged to historical events will help usher in a strong summer beach season, and they say the states are on track to receive more visitors this year.

While the Mid-Atlantic beaches were not as badly damaged by Superstorm Sandy last year as those from New Jersey northward, it's unclear whether people are showing more interest in visiting down south due to storm damage at their regular vacation spots. Maryland officials say the state has increased advertising in those areas in recent years.

"We definitely have talked to a lot of people from New Jersey and that northern (Pennsylvania) area who are coming to the area for the first time," said Susan Jones, executive director of the Ocean City Hotel-Motel-Restaurant Association.
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